The Pampered Introvert

 

There is one magazine you will see on the coffee table in any Southern home. It is the Southern Living. I grew up with this magazine. In fact, the first recipe I cooked in my mom’s kitchen was from Mother’s Southern Living Cookbook 1967. It was a homemade pecan pie. When I say homemade, indeed it was. My Mother and Daddy operated a bed and breakfast. My childhood years were spent growing up in a home with 33 rooms and three stories. Guests were in and out all the time and many became lifelong friends. My Mother’s kitchen was always busy. The home had a huge dining area and the kitchen door swung both ways. I’m getting a little off track, a memory  I’ll discuss another time. Back to the my first pecan pie. Mother taught me how to knead the dough for a pie crust. The secret was in the handling of the dough and keeping it lightly floured. Mother had several rolling pins and my favorite was the smallest one with the red handles. It fit into my small hands perfectly. I rolled the dough out . I then took a large dinner plate and placed it on the rolled out dough and cut around the plate with a knife. A perfect circle. I then carefully placed the circle into a pie dish. The next part of the recipe came from her Southern Living cookbook. Fresh eggs, sugar, a touch of karo syrup , butter, Watkins vanilla extract and pecans from the trees that grew in our back yard. Bake  until set at 350 degrees. Add a touch of whipped cream and serve. I know this recipe  from memory.

And can you believe it ? Southern Living Magazine is celebrating it’s 50 anniversary this month.

 

My library is filled with their cookbooks of years back and many of their magazines. I can not part with them. They are stored in boxes, and my husband reminds me every year it is time to declutter. They aren’t clutter to me.  The anniversary edition is a look back into history of the South and  Celebrating the South in all its finest.. The anniversary celebration was a combination of  an old fashion get together complimented with  Southern Hospitality. The details of the event are true to the South. I know you will want to get a copy for your own coffee table.

 

 

Another reason I love this magazine is they give with the times. They offer a Southern Living app that you  download to your ipad. If you are a subscriber, all you do is open the app and the issues are downloaded to your ipad. You can read them before they are on the stands. You have them readily available while waiting at a doctor’s appointment or having your hair done. Back issues stay in the bookstand on your ipad. You still get your magazine in the mail . This is just an added perk of being a Southern Living subscriber.

The edition is jammed pack with 50 tips on gardening, 50 style picks , 50 Southern getaways , and even the 50 most prized recipes of the South . Grab your copy and enjoy . I don’t plan on letting go of my Southern Livings anytime soon.